The OER university (#OERu)

Anthony Mackintosh

Wayne Mackintosh

Smart philanthropy:Blending the miscible

UNESCO-COL Chairin Open Educational Resources

The OER Foundation

The Open Education Resource (OER) Foundation is an independent, not-for-profit organisation that provides leadership, networking and support for educators and educational institutions to achieve their objectives through open education.

“OER is a sustainable and renewable resource”

WikiEducator

We're turning the digital divide into digital dividends using free content and open networks. We hope you can help us.

Voted best educational wiki, Steven Downes, Dec 2007

Inaugural recipient of the award for Exemplary Open Education Resource (OER) practices

Will there be life after school?

Agrarian >> Industrial >> Knowledge

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So what about MOOCs?

Credible credentials?

DS106 “Day of the MOOC Poster” by David Kernohan

“You may not take any Online Course offered by Coursera or use any Statement of Accomplishment as part of any tuition-based or for-credit certification or program for any college, university, or other academic institution without the express written permission from Coursera. Such use of an Online Course or Statement of Accomplishment is a violation of these Terms of Use.” Coursera terms of use.

Fiscally sustainable?

Blending the blendable

With OER we can unbundle traditional services to blend:

Mass standardisation | Mass customisation

Education for all | Venture capital

Proprietary content | Open education

Combinations for new services

Philanthropy with mainstream operations

Pedagogy of discovery with credentialing models

Ewan Munro http://www.flickr.com/photos/55935853@N00/3821991097/stu_spivack http://www.flickr.com/photos/stuart_spivack/1402333049/

Smart philanthropy

Luis Argerich http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrargerich/3029485203James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/2272701122James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/2272701122Asenat29 http://www.flickr.com/photos/72153088@N08/6510934443/

Giving is receivingParallel learning universe|New business

Unsatisfied demand for HE

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100 million additional placesBy 2025

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The OER university concept

Adapted from Taylor 2007

Free learning opportunities for all students worldwide

Cost levers for OERu

Luis Argerich http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrargerich/3029485203James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/2272701122

MarginalCost=ZERO

Collaborative development=Cheaper the going it alone

OER is a renewable & sustainable resource

Jason Scragz http://www.flickr.com/photos/scragz/132300147/

James Woolley http://www.flickr.com/photos/xtrato/6159728957

How do we achieve sustainable OER projects?

How will your institution remain sustainablewithout OER?

Doing the OERu numbers

Luis Argerich http://www.flickr.com/photos/lrargerich/3029485203James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/2272701122

OERu (USQ)(OERu using

course- based portfolio)

Otago Polytechnic(Tuition cost)

USA(Median Tuition

cost 4-year public

university)

BA (Hons) US$6,759 US$19,452 US$26,312

Cost of a 4-year degree(Excluding text book and living costs)

(Note: USA figures based on Delta Cost Project for 2008)

James Cridland http://www.flickr.com/photos/jamescridland/2272701122DaveBleasdale http://www.flickr.com/photos/sidelong/3465884519/in/photostream/

“ As a founding anchor partner in the OERu, USQ is proud to give students worldwide, the ability to access university level courses and where cost has been removed as a barrier to learning.”

Jan Thomas, Vice-Chancellor USQ

The OER university concept

Adapted from Taylor 2007

Free learning opportunities for all students worldwide

OER & the sustainable disaggregation of services

Traditional university package OERu package

Blending BIG & small

juicyverve http://www.flickr.com/photos/juicyverve/2531105062/

micro Open Online Courses (mOOCs)

Micro credentials

Parallel mode delivery

Francisca Uloa http://www.flickr.com/photos/alosojos/346887379/

Jimmy Flink http://www.flickr.com/photos/jimmyroq/146827389/

bucklava http://www.flickr.com/photos/9229859@N02/2762432629/

Individualised curriculum

OERu personal learning environment

Blending with parallel mode delivery

Institutional LMS

Open web

Blending modes of participation

Personal interest (Sip & dip)

Peer support for all learners

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3 ways to engage in an OERu mOOC

Certification for participation (Digital badge)Academic credit (Micro-credential)

Blending an OERu mOOC within a postgrad course

SP4Ed 13.07: 121 Participants from 32+ countries (incl. 20 University of Canterbury postgrads)

SP4Ed 13.05 (Prototype): 50 Participants from 14+ countries

SP4Ed 13.07: Participation from all interaction sources was 62% - 200% better than SP4Ed 13.05

Estimated average page views for all tutorial pages per registered participant

SP4Ed 13.07: Average No. of blog posts per poster 5.78 (6 comprehensive E-Activities)

Free range learning ...

Open Access Journals

OpenCourseWare

OER and OEP

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Enables a “pedagogy of discovery”Where learners source OER in pursuit of their own interests mapped to learning outcomes for academic credit

Next steps …

Recurrent cost recouped

No new money required

OERu is low cost, low risk But high IMPACT innovation

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Next steps …Calibrating sustainable innovation …

Slide 20Dongio: Watercolour painter dedicated to the public domain

Free learning for all students worldwide

“This is not theoretical speculation,it is entirely viable.” Jim Taylor AM

You are free to join us ...

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Compilation: Chad Miller, James Almond, Wayne MackintoshSee: http://wikieducator.org/File:OER-University-concept.png